A new Human Rights Watch and AFE video looks at the myths surrounding being LGBT in the Arab world.

Three women have accused Gambia’s former president, Yahya Jammeh, of rape and sexual assault while he was in office, Human Rights Watch and TRIAL International said today. Former Gambian officials said that presidential aides regularly pressured women to visit or work for Jammeh, who then sexually abused many of them.

The UK government today stopped all arms sales to Saudi Arabia after losing a landmark case at London’s Court of Appeal. Here’s our reaction from outside court today. #StopArmingSaudi

Each month, about one million people cross through checkpoints like Stanytsia Luhanska in east Ukraine. More than half are older people traveling into areas under Ukrainian control to collect social benefit payments.

The trial of 16 people accused of organizing and financing peaceful protests which began in Istanbul’s Gezi Park in 2013 is scheduled to begin on June 24, 2019, Human Rights Watch said today, releasing a short video about the case. The 16 are charged with attempting to overthrow the government and if convicted face a possible sentence of life in prison without parole.

Governments in the Americas and Europe should impose targeted sanctions against top Nicaraguan authorities implicated in egregious abuses and explore avenues to press for accountability, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

The Guinean government has razed thousands of homes in the country’s capital, Conakry, leaving families struggling to find adequate housing, Human Rights Watch said today. The government has provided no alternative accommodation or compensation to those displaced, in contravention of international human rights law.

Pensioners who live in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine under the control of Russia-backed armed groups must register as displaced people and travel to government controlled areas to receive their pensions. When they travel through the crossing point in the Luhansk region, they face risks to their health, safety and property, among other obstacles.